No wait. No managed inclusion, but opt-out handled very well. Never seems to generate issues at this checkpoint.

640a

5

UA

B

2015-02-06

Short wait for the male assist. Guy asked me why a patdown. I said "because if precheck can avoid it by paying money, it must be a scam."

240p

10

DL

A

2014-07-10

Now that CO dba UA is over in B, there's practically no one a A. No wait, and the fastest, most efficient pat down I've had: basically faster than the NoS. Total of about two minutes. Fantastic.

150p

0

DL

A

2014-07-10

DL was checking bag sizes at check-in. I asked the DL rep if she was TSA affiliated and she was not. Don't bother with that, TSA has no business allowing them to do that. However, when I mentioned this to gate staff, they cheered me. They don't like it either! I came thisclose to scoring a first class upgrade by saying I was going to Tweet at Delta. Remember, Gate Agents can do *anything*.

Half of normal folks directed to Pre-Check. Even the blue shirts were happy about everyone keeping their shoes on and their computers in their bags. Wouldn't it be nice if it was always this nice. Might be able to SDOO by waiting until the normal line gets long.

500p

2

US

Gates 15-19/B

2014-01-27

Pre-check only did a hand swab. Other gates appeared to be using only metal detector.

150p

1

AA

Terminal B Pre-Check

2013-12-27

Again, wait time was for the ID checkers-even though there are 2 of them (one for Pre-Check & one for ramdomized Pre-Check) seated side by side, it apparently takes the two screeners putting their little heads together to figure out whether the ID/BP is valid. Once that stupidity is done with, it was a normal Pre-Check process that took no time.

600a

2

DL

A

2013-12-19

Surprisingly short wait for such a busy travel day. Everyone was directed to the MMW and all WTMDs were roped off.

340p

2

DL

A

2013-11-26

One WTMD-only Line open, through the small door in the center of the checkpoint. Easy to miss if you're not looking for it. NOS in all other lanes.

420p

20

DL

A

2013-11-15

Long lines, 15 mins to get through the elite/shuttle line, probably 30 main line. But it was an easy SDOO staying far right (shorter lines, too). Seemed short-staffed; only 2/4 queues were open. Smurfette was putting on a show at least. Best line: "if you have a coke, drink it. If you have a beer, make a friend."

110p

20

B6

C Main

2013-11-13

Wait time is only from ID checker to get thru the grope & scope

920a

16

DL

Terminal A

2013-11-06

Random selection from the regular line for Pre-Check. The regular line was 100% NOS, though.

750a

10

US

2013-11-00

p

UA

C

2013-10-26

Only magnetometer for left 2 lines. Allowed to keep shoes, belt, and jacket on. Sign of things to come? Line moved slowly, not enough boarding pass checkers, even though there were many blue shirts visible.

510a

15

DL

4

2013-09-30

Finally opened another line as I got to the front

100p

30

US

2013-09-00

p

UA

A

2013-08-24

All MMW for non-precheck. My wife opted out, and the female TSA officer gave her a very aggressive pat down. The TSA officer hit her with her watch, and my wife felt some pain. When she tried to tell the officer that, she just walked away. Very rude and inconsiderate.

530a

DL

A

2013-08-06

As usual, MMW for everyone. WTMD roped off. TSA is piloting random selection program at this checkpoint to randomly select additional people for Pre-Check, but it was not active at this time.

1000a

5

DL

A

2013-08-01

Thought I might get an SDOO since most of the people were being sent through the wtmd on the left. I stood in a long line to get there (there's a random green arrow and a guy whose job it is to point people at one line or the other) and then another selection further to the right where I stood in another needlessly long line before encountering mmw and opting out. Can you say security theater?

1130a

15

B6

C Main

2013-07-25

MWW for all. The days of finding a WMTD only lane here seem over, though only 1/2 of lanes were open in the evening.

700p

12

DL

A

2013-07-05

As usual, MMW for everyone. WTMD roped off.

800a

2

DL

A

2013-06-24

MMW roped off in the far right lanes. Also, a WTMD-only lane was open on the left, next to the Pre-Check lane.

430p

DL

Terminal A

2013-05-20

1240p

10

DL

Terminal A

2013-05-20

Long lines for bag x-rays, but there was a lane with a MMW roped off on the far right. Lanes with MMW in use send 100 percent of pax through them.

1240p

10

DL

A

2013-05-09

Lines were disorganized and confusing. 8-deep line for the MMW, yet the WTMD remained roped off for everyone.

1120a

15

DL

A

2013-05-05

All WTMDs roped off.

420a

0

B6

C11-C36

2013-04-10

MMW/ATR in use for all pax.

DL

A term

2013-03-31

Family directly in front of me went through the metal detector. My teenager and I were denied that and sent to MMW. ID checker gave me a hard time about my last name not matching my kid's last name and gave her a hard time about not believing she was under 18.

12p

10

UA

2013-03-30

MMW in use. Pat-down was thorough but good-natured.

510a

10

B6

C

2013-03-24

Had on t-shirt under long sleeve shirt, and had forgotten ballpoint pen in t-shirt pocket, so received polite partial patdown after the MMW. Agent quite professional, told me which part of my body he was going to next. Only patted chest, back, and ankles.

6p

US

B 4-14, US Air side

2013-03-14

Good old WTMDs, no scanners in sight!

150p

US

B, 15-21

2013-03-14

All WTMDs at US Airways in BOS. Can access gates 4-21 from either checkpoint.

200p

0

DL

Terminal A

2013-03-11

Metal detectors roped off. They wouldn't even let me through the WTMD while the MMW ran through its calibration cycle.

820a

0

AA

Terminal B

2013-03-04

BSK gone, replaced by MMW for Main Cabin line. Priority Access/First Class feeds into a WTMD only lane (yeah!) right next to the Pre-Check lane which was empty until I got to it after finally getting thru the ID checker. All in all, not a bad morning trek thru Logan.

630a

DL

A

2013-02-21

Very light traffic today, only two lanes open. Enough staff to run MMWs only. Pat down cursory and courteous.

520p

5

DL

2013-02-04

You are all retarded, it's millimeter wave technology, if you listent to the radio in your car or use a cell phone you are exposed to more radiation than this new body scanner as well as on the plane itself. So, you'd rather get felt up by a TSO than risk 3 second in a body scanner? Brilliant! Morons!

520a

10

DL

A

2013-02-03

Spotted Mitt Romney going through security and the AIT! I wanted to shake his hand after security, but by the time I had opted out and been patted down, I couldn't find him.

430p

10

Int'l

E

2012-12-19

All passengers going through nudeoscope

950a

4

DL

A

2012-12-14

Almost got the sdoo but they closed the rightmost bag scan and with fewer pax were able to shift to the slower mmw. Running late I took the zap and still had to get patted down in a couple of places. Great job TSA!

430p

11

DL

A

2012-12-10

All WTMDs were roped off.

1230p

5

DL

A

2012-12-07

The good news: Terminal A has MMW now to replace the rapiscan. And a precheck line. The bad news is that they are putting everyone through the MMW whereas they only had checked about half of pax in the past with the rapiscan. Progress! It took a while to get a male assist but once I did it was a quick and cursory patdown without the stupid back of my hand rambling.

1040a

7

AA

B22-36

2012-12-07

Pre-check line is now available. However, the scanner in that line doesn't read mobile boarding passes, so I had to go to the normal lines. Normal lines are a festival of scanning and groping.

UA

A

2012-12-04

All lanes using "backscatter/mm wave" scanners. "Chat Downs" also in place at ID check.

12p

20

DL

A

2012-11-23

MMW in all lanes. They had signs stating the technology is optional and people can opt out. I opted out and two TSA agents said that the "new technology" had no radiation and is "very safe." I'm wondering if they're admitting that the old Backscatters were dangerous. Well, I waited a while for the patdown. Finally, when I got the patdown, the officer was professional and courteous.

600a

20

DL

Terminal A

2012-11-08

All metal detectors roped off, not in use.

830a

Int'l

E central

2012-10-26

Backscatter roped off on rightmost lane.

630p

10

AA

B22-36

2012-10-20

MMW roped off on right

800a

10

B6

C40/41

2012-10-19

WMTD roped off, only option was new MMW. travel partner opted out, got mild persuasion that there's no radiation, but no wait for pat down and very polite and quick.

720a

5

UA

C

2012-10-17

All of the blue BKSX machines are gone and every line has a MMW box. Used to be able to easily SDOO here, but no more. Even more disappointing is that they seem really intent on convincing passengers there is no radiation risk now. So what? It's the undignified nature of the scan (assume the position) that I find objectionable. No TSA clerk is going to convince me otherwise. I'm still going to opt out and force those clowns to look me in the eye like an individual and not be treated like a cow off to slaughter.

600p

DL

Terminal A

2012-10-12

Nasty as always; everyone going through MMW; aggressive groper who was very frustrated by my not being overly compliant

430a

10

AS

A

2012-10-07

No scanners in use on any line. All WTMD. Long lines though.

500p

15

FL

E

2012-10-07

Opted out, was directed to stand near flag for pat-down. Screener was very professional though there was snickering by nearby TSA employees.

1

DL

A

2012-10-01

Looked like a pretty easy sdoo at TA this morning. Both sides had non-ait options. Long lines though.

1000a

WN

E1A-E1E

2012-09-28

BKSX for almost all. TSA had me "stand over by that American flag" for opt-out pat-down. The irony.

10

DL

A

2012-09-27

Easy SDOO. Most lanes were roped off; this checkpoint seems to be understaffed at high-traffic times and they use the WTMDs only. Oh, but if you forget to empty you're water bottle you're in for a treat. (fyi: this is an admin post, thus the link is allowed)

430p

8

DL

A

2012-09-04

Right lane had backscatter roped off. (Second lane from right had 2 lines, backscatter on right, metal detector on left.)

600a

5

DL

1

2012-08-27

Glanced at security as we walked by—appeared that a SDOO might be possible through the right lanes, but I didn't get enough of a view to be sure one way or another. T1 is a crapshoot, it seems.

520p

DL

A

2012-08-24

Easy SDOO. They were closing one side of the CP at 6:00 but had shut down the rapiscan several minutes before. Major shift change at 6:00 (pm) so if you are flying in the evening getting in line just before that is a good way to get there when staff turnover means a high likelihood of the machines being off. Not a lot of orange or red in BOS recently!

550p

3

FL

Terminal E

2012-08-18

Scanners in use for all lanes. I was able to bide my time and wait until a bunch of folks were lined up for the scanner and just walk through the metal detector instead.

430p

10

Other

E

2012-08-11

For Gate E3: Check point was 2 lanes, forcing most people through the backscatter. I got through the WTMD. Traveling companion had to opt out and received a VERY thorough patdown. I seemed retaliatory. TSA person was rude and combative.

10a

DL

A

2012-08-09

All lanes were open, and all BKSX were roped off except for the one in lane 2,the lane next to the Pre-Check lane. Avoid lane 2 when it is open because the metal detector in that lane is only for Pre-Check. Anyway, a very easy SDOO!

340p

10

DL

A

2012-08-03

Looked to SDOO by choosing a line with a WTMD but they seemed to be pointing some pax to the rapiscan. However, miracle of miracles, they roped off the BKSX and everyone got to go through the WTMD!

910a

13

B6

C

2012-07-31

No cancer boxes during the peak departure rush. All lines using WTMD. Not bad!

730a

15

UA

C

2012-07-30

Was able to SDOO very easily today. This has been the case the past few times I've traveled through this terminal, if you pay enough attention it's pretty clear which lanes are WTMD only. Boggles the mind that some people still just willingly line up for a cancer scan then they don't have to.

520p

5

DL

A

2012-07-28

BKSX in use on the left side. The BKSX was roped off on the right side. Easy SDOO, but make sure to look around as you wait in line for the TDC to find the 'safe' lanes.

430p

Int'l

E2A-E8B

2012-07-28

BKSX in use on the right. WTMD-only lane open on the left side. Easy SDOO.

430p

DL

A

2012-06-30

Two WTMD/BKSX pairs open. Most pax being sent through the BKSX, with a few lucky people going through the WTMD when the BKSX got backed up.

1000a

5

Int'l

E2-E8

2012-06-23

Checkpoint all the way to the right was using the WTMD for 90% of passengers.

620p

7

DL

A

2012-06-20

Term A now has pre-check in the leftmost lane. It uses the WTMD in a WTMD/BKSX pair. That means the other (non-pre-check) lane is mandatory BKSX. The six other lanes all had their BKSX roped off, so it is an easy SDOO.

330p

UA

C

2012-06-19

Left lane to the left hand terminal, no BKSX in use. Didn't even have to SDOO. Be sure you get in the left hand line, try wont let you switch after the podium.

1200p

AS

A

2012-06-16

Premium line went to a lane with closed BKSX.

UA

A

2012-06-08

Far left BKSX was roped off, easy SDOO

840a

20

WN

E1A-E1E

2012-06-07

Virtually everyone other than families and random individuals sent through BKSX. Waited 10 minutes for male assist while two moat dragons (one behind WMTD, other next to front of BKSX) chatted back and forth. One said something about, "Do we have to go down to one lane so people can get pat-downs?" However, one of the moat dragons ended up doing pat-down, and it took all of 20 seconds. When he realized I was a golfer, he lightened up and was friendly enough.

330p

25

CO

Terminal A

2012-06-07

4 lanes open and only one scanner operational. Very easy to SDOO. Didn't even have to play 20 questions with the TDC, which is kind of rare.

4p

AA

American

2012-06-01

Some people waved through magnetometer. I was pointed to the Xray, declined, and got a rude and brusque pat-down.

650a

20

DL

A

2012-05-25

The BKSX in the elite line on the right had the BKSX roped off and the lanes on the left side had the BKSX roped off. Easy to avoid the BKSX that was in use by choosing one of the aforementioned lanes.

330p

15

FL

E1

2012-05-24

Far left for SDOO. Others are NoS.

500p

10

US

Terminal B--US side

2012-05-24

1 line had only metal detector, looked like other two lines fed into backscatter machine

400a

5

DL

A

2012-05-23

Got lucky and went thru WTMD. Massive lines though

500p

30

DL

A

2012-05-22

There were two lanes on the left side of the checkpoint that had the BKSX roped off. Lanes on the right side of the checkpoint were using BKSX. Easy to self-select.

540p

3

UA

Terminal A

2012-05-19

no line for elite security. took several minutes to get belongings through X-ray. took 2x as long for my pat-down person to come along

920a

10

DL

A

2012-05-12

BKSX were roped off on the Elite side. I didn't pay attention to the other lanes

1230p

7

DL

Terminal A

2012-05-11

Lanes on the left side had the backscatter roped off. Lanes on the right side were using the BKSX. Very easy to choose a line on the left and go through the WTMD.

620a

25

UA

Terminal A

2012-05-04

Went through Premier Access lane. There was one lane using the Backscatter and the other using a metal detector with the backscatter roped off. Went through the line with a metal detector and no pat down. Long wait in the Premier line, and longer in the regular line.

400p

20

DL

A

2012-04-19

300p

10

UA

C

2012-04-19

Dodged the smurf gauntlet... stay left towards the frequent flyer line if possible - no porn scanners there

420p

10

UA

C

2012-04-13

Right side had Xrays roped off.

550a

10

UA

C

2012-04-13

Right side had Xrays roped off.

550a

10

UA

A

2012-03-30

Went through Premier Access. Most people going through the Backscatter. I saw about 2 go through the metal detector. I tried walking through the metal detector but the TSA agent told me to go through the cancer box. I opted out, and the patdown was no big deal.

500a

5

DL

A

2012-03-23

940a

10

DL

A

2012-03-22

Checkpoint was understaffed. As usual, TSA was sending nearly all pax through the BKSX. I got lucky, as when I got to the front of the line, the BKSX went down, and pax were sent through the WTMD. Note that the other BKSX in operation was still running in the adjacent lane.

120p

25

WN

E1A-E1E

2012-03-22

Not busy. Only using BKSX. Opt out was quick but a female opt-out had to wait a few minutes for female assist.

900a

5

FL

E/ E1 Gates

2012-03-17

340p

10

DL

A

2012-03-12

Most pax being forced through the BKSX. When the BKSX backed up, people were being sent through the WTMD, but it was all luck to get chosen for that.